Don't take yourself too seriously

Sometimes taking oneself seriously, far too seriously can lead to uncalled for anger. A matter of false pride and super ego where you consider yourself beyond correction and beyond reproach.
A lil bit of humility can easily allow oneself from taking criticism in a positive light and then even if the criticism was meant as an attempt to deliberately piss you off, you can get get away with trying to draw some positivity out of it.
Ofcourse that doesn't mean that you let everyone walk all over you .But , yes, just let it go sometimes in terms of ego battles and walk away from it and then peace prevails.
personally ,I think that if everyone knew their true worth and what they can or cannot do or what they deserve or don't deserve and have the capacity to objectivly assess their own flaws , there will really not be any ego clashes at all. If everyone knew their place and everyone acknowleged their duties and if everyone remained grounded , there won't be disputes.
Alas that doesnt happen.A lot of people don't work hard enough for what they covet.Yet, they want what they covet though they don't deserve it.While some others have a false evaulation of the worht of their own work, they overappraise it and therefore get angry when they don't get what they anticipate should be the reward for such worthy piece of work, when infact their work is all but mediocre.
So yeah, being in touch with reality is so so important. Helps us deal with disappointments in an objective manner.